Hormius sp.

Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, Zootaxa 5104 (1), pp. 49-79 : 57

Hormius sp.

Figs 5A–E

Diagnosis. Body generally reddish yellow ( Figs 5A, B, D ), with lateral lobes of mesoscutum brownish; propodeum posteriorly and T1 brownish; legs yellowish; fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 5B ), with clear yellow pterostigma, veins pale brown. Mesoscutum smooth and shiny above, rugose along its posterior margin between notauli ( Fig. 5D ); notauli deep, convergent posteriorly; scutellar sulcus broad, crenulate ( Fig. 5D ); scutellum smooth and shiny ( Fig. 5D ); propodeum strongly and densely areolate ( Fig. 5C ); mesopleuron shiny, with shallow precoxal groove, present close to ventral side ( Fig. 5A ); epicranial carina present, thin ( Fig. 5E ). Fore wing fringed with fine setae especially at apex and ventrally ( Fig. 5B ); vein SR1 reaching wing apex; pterostigma 5.7× as long as its maximum width, about as long as 1–R1; vein r 0.8× as long as vein 3–SR; vein 3-SR shorter than 2–SR; r: 3-SR: SR1= 20: 25: 73; vein r–m present, membranous (non-tubular); vein cu–a interstitial; vein 1–M straight to slightly curved ( Fig. 5B ). Metasoma T1 coarsely rugose, narrow, nearly parallel-sided; T2 is the largest tergite, occupying a large part of metasoma; T2–5 wider than long, coarsely rugose, each with elevated, sharp posterior margin; T6 small, nearly smooth; ovipositor 0.35× as long as metasomal length.

Material examined. 1♀, KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al –Sajid), 16.860626N 41.932564E, 17. ii. 2017, light trap, leg. Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh (specimen with broken head) .

Remarks. The subfamily Hormiinae is recorded here for the first time for the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula. From the generic point of view, our specimen is very close to Parahormius Nixon , but differs from it by the presence of an epicnemial carina ( Fig. 5E ), that can be used to differentiate between the genera Hormius and Parahormius (based on Sharkey et al., 2021 key, p. 310; M. Sharkey, pers. comm.). Because of the bad condition of the specimen, we are not able to identify it to the specific level.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Hormius sp. (♀). A, lateral habitus (head is missing); B, fore wing; C, propodeum; D, mesoscutum and scutellum; E, lateral view of mesosoma, epicnemial carina indicated.A, B, D, and E: scale bar (= 1.0×); C: 1.2×.